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Author: Allison Rohrbaugh

Question: When is a s’more more than just a s’more? Answer: When it’s made in Chocolatetown USA – home of the Great American Hershey’s Chocolate Bar! Because nothing says traditional treat quite like the gooey goodness of that famous campfire cuisine! And nothing brings a family together quite like all the special moments made at a campsite, from tackling the tent to roasting the perfect hot dog.

“Here ye! Here ye! Let it be known far and wide that all who step foot upon this glorious Shire shall be forever touched with enchantment, the grace of a Queen and the heart of a King!” If "characters" and the Hershey Harrisburg Region are mentioned in the same though, chances are you'll think of the famous Hershey's bar, Kiss or Reese. But each fall, a different (and much, much, much older) set of characters take up residence not far away from our sweet chocolaty friends.

Ahh, date night decisions. The conversation in your head might go something like this: Dinner, but then what? Dancing? Where is a good spot for drinks? I don't want my date to get bored. And what if it goes so well that we want to spend more time together?

One the questions we hear most often at the Visitors Bureau is, "What can we do while we're visiting that's different ?" We're fortunate in the Hershey Harrisburg Region to have a pretty long list of answers to that question, and we love the surprise we hear when we suggest Lake Tobias Wildlife Park for a safari tour in the middle of Pennsylvania.

Sometimes a night out on the town isn’t on the town at all. It’s in the country. Wine Country. Summer is for sipping. And singing. It’s for enjoying the view. And the company. Date night, girls night or any night, what you find in the vineyards and tasting rooms of Hershey Harrisburg Wine Country is more than just good wine – it’s good times and great entertainment.

When we asked The Millworks owner Josh Kesler to sum up The Millworks Restaurant in Harrisburg’s Midtown neighborhood, he laughed before defaulting to the logo: “ Art. Food. Music .” He laughed because he knows that even though that caption cuts to the heart of it, The Millworks is so much more.

Milton Hershey's original vision for Hershey Gardens was a "nice garden of roses" for his wife Kitty. Now, it's 23 acres of gorgeous flowers, trees and grasses tucked beneath the iconic Hotel Hershey and overlooking Hersheypark. The horticultural specialists are hard at work before the gates open and all through the day to plant, prune, mulch and

Late winter and early spring can be tough times to plan a getaway. The kids are in school, and across most of the northeast it's hard to know if you should dress for 40 and rain or 60 and sun from March to May. Consider a Family Field Trip to the Hershey Harrisburg Region, where interactive museums and historical sites keep the kids on their educational toes!